British Invasion '64 - The Year That Changed Rock & Roll Forever

"They've got their own groups.  What are we going to give America that they don't already have?"- Paul McCartney"They give the teenagers something that thrills them, a vision.  The boys and girls of this age are young men and women looking for something in life that can't always be found, a joie de vivre."- Leopold Stokowski, American Symphony Orchestra Conductor"I knew England would get even with us for the Boston Tea Party."- An American barberThe first weeks of the year 1964 were cold, gray, and somber, as America was reeling from the tragic death of its vibrant young President.
 But then something began piercing through the desolate haze:  a sound, both new, yet also echoing the thrilling, unbridled energy of early Rock and Roll .